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The Halloween parade was great. The town folks turned out with their bags of candy and the children trooped down the hill to collect. A lot of cute costumes this year. The Pumpkin Decorating was awesome. The students come up with some great ideas. This year's winners were: First Place - a black widow spider done by Olivia Doshas, River McCarthy, Nadia Lau-Vargas, Taylor Witzke and Everett Holtsman. Second Place was the pig zombie done by Jude Krick, Julian Arias, Cole Schlicht and Malia Olivo. Third Place was popcorn done by Annabel Lee, Gracie Anderson and Gibran Valladares.

The Knights Ferry Community Club has new front doors thanks to Ken Morris and Bob Muller. They even have a center that can be removed to get large items in the hall. They look very nice and are better working than the old ones.

Knights Ferry has a star in the area. Kelly Vermeer Vella was one of four to compete on the reality show "Forged in Fire." Kelly has been a farrier for 30 years. She flew to New York City in June to compete with three others at the show's production shop. The first thing she had to make was a 30-inch knife complete with a handle and very sharp blade. She passed those tests and they sent her back to Knights Ferry to make a weapon at her shop. A film crew followed her and in the time frame she ...

At the Knights Ferry School Board meeting 5th grader Austin led the flag pledge. The board approved the Unaudited Actuals, adding a 4-hour Aide, hopefully one that speaks Spanish to help with the English Language Learners program and showed that the school has enough Instruction Materials. They also approved three resolutions. Dr. J told of students starting clubs at school. Clubs so far are Spanish, Pokémon, Kindness and Agriculture. Lynn Duckworth is back and off her crutches.

At the meeting of the Knights Ferry School Board it was noted that the custodian/maintenance person, Lynn Duckworth, would be out because she fell off a ladder and is in a wheelchair. All hope she recovers soon. She was up at school in her chair overseeing the back to school maintenance. Christina Chan talked about school growth and development. The school will start with an enrollment of 115: 20 in Kindergarten, 26 in First/Second, 21 in Third/Fourth, 23 in Fifth/ Sixth and 24 in Seventh/Eighth. The Board approved the bid to renovate the lower playground, new ...

Carmen Frymire is so thankful for the fire departments, air tankers, helicopter, sheriff, friends, neighbors and family for their response to the fire on Frymire Hill and the river bottom. It was a very scary experience and she is thankful for the close-knit town turning out to help.

Saturday evening a fire started by the river on Frymire Hill and burned up to the cross and Carmen's back porch. It burned in the river canyon towards the town and westwards. It jumped the river and Buena Vista families moved Gordon and Michel's vehicles (they were not home) and it burned some of Griesner's land. An engine protected Carol Davis's home. A spot fire burned an area off Kennedy Road. Firefighters were stationed at all the homes in the area. A borate bomber was diverted to the fire from the Big Sur fire and turned ...

There goes another month! August happenings: Aug. 4th is the Community Club dinner meeting 6:30 p.m. at the clubhouse. August 7th is Breakfast Sunday at the I.O.O.F. Hall from 8 a.m. to noon. August 9th the History and Museum Associates meet in Miller's Hall at 9:00 a.m. August 10th Oakdale High School starts. August 11th is the Knights Ferry School board meeting. August 15th Knights Ferry School starts, August 25th MAC meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the clubhouse.